Russian National Football League
The first division is the second Russian soccer division and operated by the Russian Football League. The league consists of 18 teams, of which rise two each season in the league and five Premjer relegated to the second division.
History
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all clubs in the Soviet Premjer Division and Soviet were 1st Division along a single top league, which the new first league game called second class was limited to regional level. Thus formed in the first two years until 1994, three regional leagues the second Russian league. From this point, you only played the second game in a class, today's 1st Division.